Adults are concerned about teen security and safety, while teens utilize MySpace as a social network with their friends and/or individuals with like interests. This is a picture of a sexual predator who was caught on the prowl for underage boys. Along with catching this guy, they discovered 744 sex offenders with MySpace profiles, and 479 are registered for crimes against children. This would be useful in my long argument paper, because it is an actual picture of a sexual predator who has been caught online. It shows teens what a profile make look like, and also that sexual predators do exist online. They should be aware of this. His profile also shares false information which is common among sexual predators. This should scare teens and effect them in a way that they become more cautious about who they are talking to online. This data represents the concern of parents, educators, and government officials.
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That is a really good and creepy picture, but it should show younger kids who have myspace and other things how dangerous it can be. I hope they learn to be smarter about who they talk to and show an adult when someone says something that might be a little odd. The numbers you found are really scary. That is a ridiculous amount of sex offenders on one web site.
This is a really disturbing picture! I think it is a good example of how a sexual predator can be just about anyone on myspace or facebook. I agree that young kids and teens need to be cautious when they use such networks for you can never tell what kind of person you may be talking to.
That is quite disgusting. It is sad to think that kids who are so young get caught up in things like this. They can be so vulnerable. That is a good thing that this man and some others were caught and punished. It is actually really disgusting to think about how this man was searching for young boys! I personally think that for younger kids they should not be allowed to add anyone that they do not know especially someone like this!
I wonder how exactly this would fit into a long argument paper. It may be creepy and elicit an emotional reaction from the reader, but what type of paragraph would have to surround this so that the picture would be totally fitting? You would have to really emphasize the pathos in your argument at that point, while still appealing to a logical argument. In your written blurb, you do this well by combining the image with the statistics about myspace sex offenders. That way, you draw a sort of informal connection between this guy and all those other people who are unknown to parents and teens. Great post.
It is crazy to know that there are that many sex offenders on MySpace that have been caught, I can only imagine how many more there are out there that have not yet been caught. I think this picture is great for your argument as well as the stats you have included.!
I think this is a very good topic that you are targeting at for your longer paper. I think you did a very good job picking this picture for your paper. You provided lots of information about internet predators and if there are teens who have not thought about that while they are online, I think that if they had read your post they would have a second thought at what they are doing online and to be more cautious of who they talk to online. It's crazy how there are so many sex predators online and how most of their profiles just look like ordinary ones. But like you said, most of them put up false information to lure kids in. Very informative and good post!
This image makes me realize how dangerous the Internet can be. Sometimes we don't know who is on the other line of the computer who can look at our profile pictures. It is so important to only let people you know personally have access to your profile or web page.
I agree with everyone that the picture is really creepy. But I think that it's a good visual for your long argument. I agree that kids need to be more cautious when they are using sites such as myspace. They shouldn't be adding people that they don't know and not give out any personal information such as home address or phone number. So good job with this blog.
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